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Two years after the Hamas massacre, Israel and world Jewry continue to fight for memory, unity, and moral clarity.

Introduction

Of all the dates I have written about in this On This Day in History series, October 7, 2023, remains the most…

This evening at sundown we will begin the week-long observance of Sukkot, the Festival of Tabernacles, which celebrates the protection by the One above during the 40-year sojourn from Egypt to Israel after the Exodus when our people lived in…

On Yom Kippur
the fair forgiveness
that God provides us
is epiphanous.
Food allowed,
as well as leather shoes,
acquitted by the Supreme Judge,
to Jews,
who’re now allowed
to sleep with loving spouses,
doubly bedded in haredi houses,
freed from their…

As we opened the boxes of our sukkah decorations this year, I pulled out the banner we hung last Sukkot for the hostages — the one we prayed we would never have to use again.

We had just found out about Hersh and the beautiful 6, and while…

Most Nepalis living abroad share one common feeling though far from home, their traditions never fade. While Nepal grapples with the Gen Z movement, floods, landslides, and natural disasters, and as the nation continues to ache for Bipin…

Facing The Mirror: E Tu Italia (A Plea to Italy)

Where is the enforcement of Article 414 (istigazione a delinquere — incitement to crime) and Article 612 (minaccia — threats) of the Italian Penal Code when crowds openly chant for the…

October 7 as moral collapse, ancient continuity, and fragile futurity.

There are moments when history stops breathing. October 7 was such a moment – not only for Israel, but for anyone who still believes that moral boundaries are real,…

Few metaphors from psychiatry map as neatly onto international politics as kleptomania. The disorder, defined by a compulsion to steal without need or rational gain, mirrors the behaviour of states and leaders who cannot resist the urge to…

Every time American presidents have imposed a pull-back on Israeli forces — as Obama, Biden,  and Trump have all done, Biden multiple times — it has cost ordinary Gazans heavily. The same can be expected to prove true of the present…

In a week celebrating Israel’s cutting-edge climate innovation, AgriPass, an Israeli agtech startup, took home first place at the Climate Solutions Prize 2025 (CSP) Dealroom, a high-profile competition connecting global investors with…